superannuated
/ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/
"superannuated" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superannuated” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete, antiquated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-superannuated · superannuated · English
superannuated · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superannuated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “superannuated” in English
Rare enough to double-check
superannuated is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for superannuated in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), from super (“over”) (English super-) + annus (“year”) (English annual). The correct English form is superannuated, spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-N-N-U-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Obsolete, antiquated.
- 2Retired or discarded due to age.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how superannuated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects.
The above, appearing in a publication now long ago superannuated and forgotten, is all that hitherto has stood in human record to attest what manner of men respectively were John Claggart and Billy Budd.
Etymology
From the Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), from super (“over”) (English super-) + annus (“year”) (English annual).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.